Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-11-11
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STOMACH 'rINKER!NG.
rhe Disposition OF Man to Take LlbertIc
With a Patient FrienG.


rhe Disposition of Man to Take Liberties
with n Patient Friend.
"There is nothing on which man
experiments oftener than his stomach. "
said New York gentleman who is old
enough to have dyspepsia and young
enough to hope to be cured. "a man
will tinker with his stomach when no
wouldn't think of interfering with his
clerk or ok-kecper in his store. Yet
he has been in business all his life, and
probably could take the place of his
book-keeper tomorrow. The book
keeper has his work to do, and 50 long
Us he does it well his employer doesn't
come around with new system or n
new style of books every week or two
and have the book-keeper switched of.
That's not the way to do business; but
the very man who wouldn't potter
around with his employees goes expert
menting on himself when he doesn't
know what, if any thing, is the matter
with him.
There's thing read few weeks
ago that man should drink few
pints of hydrant water Immediately on
getting up in the morning. Now let
me give you a list of the things that
man should take into his stomach the
first thing every morning. I've author
ity for all these; some have been told
me by friends, the majority l have seen
in the papers, which have recently dono
good deal in this good for the stomach
in the morning line:
A pinch OF salt IN ice water
Ateaspoonful OF salt in water as hot as you
can take it,
cold lemonade very sweet
Hot lemon juice with salt,
Eat lemon without drinking any thing.
Strong coffee.
Tea and toast.
The juice of three oranges
raw egg.
Figs
Beef tea.
Immediately on getting up take hard cracker
and devote i've minutes to masticating 1t
Take iepid bath and absorb water through
the pores OF your skin. This Will make you
active and timber all day.
Exercise till you are in sweat. Then drink
water that has been boiled, thus making sure OF
the death OF any germs.
THAT is only start on the list.
There is a fascination in it to me. l
want to try each one Of those direc-
lions and see what effect 1t has on me.
Every week or so see new one, and
| experiment with that. There must DO
something good in them for somebody,
but what want to know is why have
they such fascination for most menF
Why must man always be tinkering
with his stomach? There are hundreds
of patent medicines, and the proprie-
tors of all of them are growing rich.
It has gone so far that patent medi- |
,ines are advertised to counterfeit the |
effect of injurious and impure drugs |
aiken under the guise of tonics. Next
here will be new patent medicines TO
counteract the effects of these. All
.hese medicines have big sale. There
eems to be an instinct in a mans
stomach, like a child's desire for every
lew toy, that makes him want to give
lis stomach an experience with every
lew medicine he hears Of, or advice
lind friends and newspapers give him.
at sometimes seems to me that tho
Mortal spirit of mankind that formerly |
lad an outlet in cracking some ones
read with a battle-axe or jabbing lances
It each other on holidays now vents IT.
elf in making battle ground of q
mans stomach. One friend says:
"'Old fellow, you're not looking
vell. Dyspepsia again9 Well, | know
ust the thing for it. Take pint of
oiling water every morning. Brace
gu up. Make you feel like new
lan.
Next friend comes along, says same
hing, only cold water. Another man
avs some patent mineral water. Try
hem all. My stomach is the most
'recious thing about me. If it is out Of
rider, I'm no good. When it's in fine
rim I'm clipper II were going to in
est ten cents in a scheme I'd want to
now what it was and what return I'd
ret before I'd put my money in. Still,
try any number of experiments on
ny stomach, and scores of other men
hat know do the same thing. Isn't q
mans stomach more precious than his
money! l wonder what weakness of
human nature it is that makes him more
,areful of the wrong one. Is it curios-
ty or hankering after something